Diane Webber Bio
Diane Webber was an American glamour model, belly dancer, and actress. Born Marguerite Diane Empey on July 29, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, she has also been credited as Marguerite Empey. Playboy named her its May 1955 Playmate at 22. Her appearance dates from the magazine's formative 1950s, when the Playmate format was still taking shape.
Webber had natural breasts, green eyes and brown hair. Her measurements are 39-23-37.
Her centerfolds were shot by Bunny Yeager, and she returned to the pages the following year — appearing again in February 1956 — a rare repeat that kept her profile in the magazine’s early visual conversation. The two shoots, photographed by one of the era’s most inventive lenswomen, underline the quiet glamour and composure that made her a memorable presence in mid‑century pinup photography.
Away from the camera, Webber cultivated a parallel public life as a practitioner and teacher of Middle Eastern dance. She performed widely and taught students at a time when the art was still exotic to many American audiences, helping to bring the form into mainstream view through exhibitions and instruction rather than spectacle. Those years established her as much a custodian of a living dance tradition as a magazine model.
Her screen work was modest but steady: brief film and television appearances across the 1950s and 1960s that relied on the same poised magnetism she brought to still photography. These small parts never became a Hollywood trajectory, yet they kept her visible to a broader audience and demonstrated a versatility that crossed print, stage, and screen.
Less obvious was Webber’s participation in naturist and natural‑form communities, where she contributed to publications and conversations about nudity, self‑expression, and the human body outside conventional modesty. Between photographic work, instruction, and advocacy, she wove a public life that moved between performance and conviction, one that quietly expanded the period’s notions of beauty, movement, and personal freedom.
